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Born to [[Sir Charles Morgan, 1st Baronet]] (originally Charles Gould) and Jane Morgan, he became a Captain in the [[Coldstream Guards]]. On retirement from the [[British Army]] to enable him to concentrate of the family estate, he became an MP for [[Brecon (UK Parliament constituency)|Brecon]] (1787-1796) and later for [[Monmouthshire (UK Parliament constituency)|County of Monmouth]] (1796-1831).<ref name= RS/> |
Born to [[Sir Charles Morgan, 1st Baronet]] (originally Charles Gould) and Jane Morgan, he became a Captain in the [[Coldstream Guards]]. On retirement from the [[British Army]] to enable him to concentrate of the family estate, he became an MP for [[Brecon (UK Parliament constituency)|Brecon]] (1787-1796) and later for [[Monmouthshire (UK Parliament constituency)|County of Monmouth]] (1796-1831).<ref name= RS/> |
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He succeeded his father as a Bailiff on the board of the [[Bedford Level Corporation]] from 1807 to 1827. <ref> {{cite book||title=History of the Drainage of the Great Level of the Fens Called ..., Volume 1|first = Samuel|last= Wells|page=511}} </ref> |
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He was elected a [[Fellow of the Royal Society]] in 1816.<ref name= RS>{{cite web|url=https://collections.royalsociety.org/DServe.exe?dsqIni=Dserve.ini&dsqApp=Archive&dsqCmd=Show.tcl&dsqDb=Persons&dsqPos=23&dsqSearch=%28%28text%29%3D%27Morgan%27%29|title=Fellow details|publisher=Royal Society|accessdate= 26 January 2016}}</ref> |
He was elected a [[Fellow of the Royal Society]] in 1816.<ref name= RS>{{cite web|url=https://collections.royalsociety.org/DServe.exe?dsqIni=Dserve.ini&dsqApp=Archive&dsqCmd=Show.tcl&dsqDb=Persons&dsqPos=23&dsqSearch=%28%28text%29%3D%27Morgan%27%29|title=Fellow details|publisher=Royal Society|accessdate= 26 January 2016}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 19:24, 12 January 2018
Life
Born to Sir Charles Morgan, 1st Baronet (originally Charles Gould) and Jane Morgan, he became a Captain in the Coldstream Guards. On retirement from the British Army to enable him to concentrate of the family estate, he became an MP for Brecon (1787-1796) and later for County of Monmouth (1796-1831).[1]
He succeeded his father as a Bailiff on the board of the Bedford Level Corporation from 1807 to 1827. [2]
He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1816.[1]
Family
Morgan (then still Gould) married Mary Margaret Stoney, daughter of Capt. George Stoney R.N., in 1791, and they had eight children, four sons and four daughters.[3][4] He did not remarry after her death in 1808.[5]
Morgan was succeeded by his eldest son, Charles Morgan, 1st Baron Tredegar. The other sons were:
- George Gould Morgan (1794–1845), army officer and Member of Parliament[6]
- Charles Augustus Samuel Morgan (1800–1875), cleric, married Frances Lascelles, daughter of Rowley Lascelles and his first cousin[7][8][9]
- Charles Octavius Swinnerton Morgan (1803–1888), antiquarian.[10]
The daughters were:[11]
- Maria Margaretta (died 1875), married in 1817 Francis Miles Milman, an army officer and son of Sir Francis Milman, 1st Baronet
- Charlotte Georgiana (died 1878), married in 1819 George Rodney, 3rd Baron Rodney
- Angelina Maria Cecilia (died 1844), married in 1825 Sir Hugh Owen Owen, 2nd Baronet
- Selina Anne, died young.
References
- ^ a b "Fellow details". Royal Society. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
- ^ Wells, Samuel. History of the Drainage of the Great Level of the Fens Called ..., Volume 1. p. 511.
{{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|1=(help) - ^ "Gould (afterwards Morgan), Charles (1760–1846), of Ealing, Mdx., History of Parliament Online". Retrieved 25 November 2016.
- ^ Stephen, Leslie; Lee, Sidney, eds. (1890). . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 22. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
- ^ "Lt.Col Sir Charles Gould Morgan". genealogy.links.org. Retrieved 17 April 2011.
- ^ "Morgan, George Gould (1794–1845), of Tredegar, Mon., History of Parliament Online". Retrieved 25 November 2016.
- ^ "The National Library of Wales :: Dictionary of Welsh Biography Morgan family, of Tredegar Park, etc., Mon.". Retrieved 25 November 2016.
- ISBN 978-0-900455-23-0.
- ^ "Debrett's Baronetage, Knightage, and Companionage". Internet Archive (5th ed.). London: Odhams Press. 1824. p. 896. Retrieved 30 November 2016.
- doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/19218. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
- ^ Burke, Bernard (1903). Ashworth P. Burke (ed.). A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage, the Privy Council, Knightage and Companionage (65th ed.). London: Harrison and Sons. p. 1503.
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